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Queensland to give police 'wanding powers' in all public places
By Kate McKenna

Currently police are only allowed to use handheld metal detectors to search people for weapons without a warrant in some places, like shopping centres and train stations.

abc.net.au/news/2025-04-02/que

ABC News · Queensland government to extend police powers under Jack's Law to all public placesBy Kate McKenna
#Laws#Courts#Police

Freaking…Bone. Chilling.

“They claim that the #court is powerless to order any relief,’’ Sandoval-Moshenberg told me. “If that’s true, the #immigration #laws are meaningless—all of them—because the gov can #deport whoever they want, wherever they want, whenever they want, & no court can do anything about it once it’s done.”

apple.news/AgTT7i6eVQeeiquYHWY

apple.newsAn ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison — The AtlanticThe Trump administration says it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.

Queensland to add sexual assault, stealing under 'adult crime, adult time' laws
By Alex Brewster

Further sweeping changes will be made to Queensland's youth justice laws as the state government looks to expand its flagship "adult crime, adult time" policy.

abc.net.au/news/2025-04-01/adu

ABC News · Queensland government reveals full list of new offences under 'adult crime, adult time' lawsBy Alex Brewster

Why do salmon eaters don’t care about Australian threatened species?

“Australia has the highest rate of mammalian extinctions in the world … The only way to protect the hundreds of threatened Australian forest species is to end native forest logging....The Maugean skate is very much at the forefront of the zero extinction target."
theguardian.com/environment/20
#Conservation #extinctions #Biodiversity #laws #Skate #MaugeanSkate #salmon #food #NSWLogging #koalas #OpenNetPens #SeaBased #Fish #farms #pollution

The Guardian · Why does Leonardo DiCaprio care so much about Australian wildlife?By Lisa Cox
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‘Authoritarian governments generally try to bolster their legitimacy by using #laws, decrees, & #court hearings to justify their actions,…creating, twisting, interpreting, or manipulating laws…to punish resistance. In this regard, the #Trump administration is operating like other authoritarian gov’ts… Respect for the #ruleoflaw has been replaced by contemptuous propaganda that judges who uphold the law are “corrupt” & lawyers who oppose his policies are “scum.”’ | SLaw slaw.ca/2025/03/25/the-us-as-a /2

Slaw · The US as an Authoritarian State: Danger to the Global Rule of Law - SlawDonald J. Trump’s second term as President of the United States has stunned the world. Commentators increasingly say the US has now crossed the Rubicon into authoritarian territory. While some say Trump’s actions are erratic, a closer look reveals a methodical attempt by his administration to dismantle a broad range of US institutions and agencies […]

NSW dog ownership laws under review following fatal attacks
By Hamish Cole

There are five times as many dog attacks in NSW as there were two decades ago and victims are backing an overhaul of legislation after a series of inquiries laid bare potentially life-threatening failures within the system.

abc.net.au/news/2025-03-27/nsw

ABC News · NSW dog ownership legislation under review following inquests into three fatal attacksBy Hamish Cole

Ah, the Friend Compound #laws in California: because everyone wants to play #SimCity with their social life. 🙄 Now you too can legally gather your chosen tribe and live out the commune fantasy in the Golden State. 🎉 Because nothing says “modern Californian dream” like a legally sanctioned hippie hub. 🌼
supernuclear.substack.com/p/th #FriendCompound #CommuneFantasy #California #Dream #HackerNews #ngated

Supernuclear · The long-awaited Friend Compound laws in CaliforniaBy Phil Levin

What are your rights if someone films you in public?
By Jesse Hyland

Privacy rights have been raised after a content creator from the United States covertly filmed women in Sydney using smart glasses. These are your rights when it comes to being filmed or recorded in public.

abc.net.au/news/2025-03-25/nsw

ABC News · What are your rights if someone films you in public?By Jesse Hyland